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The title of this post was the headline in today's student newspaper, Student Life, for an article about me!
Like Bill Drew, the Baby Boomer Librarian, I've been experimenting with social software in a variety of formats--IM (WULibrarianJoy on AIM and Yahoo), Facebook, LiveJournal, and MySpace. Bill started some conversations on library email lists about librarians using social software on college campuses and received some skeptical comments. Given the skepticism, I've been careful not to stalk students and not to look for evidence of the party scene. I've joined a few appropriate groups on Facebook (a campus group, alumni, and fans of Harry Potter and West Wing), joined a campus-wide group on LiveJournal, and made announcements on both about research workshops at the library.
So far, it's all been positive for me.
Student Life found me through my LiveJournal account. I know because the initial contact came through my Yahoo email, not my work address. Not only did the article emphasize my availability on social software, but my presence on social software is what first attracted the attention of the student newspaper.
A student in one of my freshmen EComp classes wrote on the evaluation form that he or she appreciated all the different ways I could be contacted because it showed that I cared.
To me, it's felt about the same as establishing a librarianship blog. My blog gave me an on-line presence in the library profession. To get that same sort of on-line presence on my campus, the answer appears to be Facebook and LiveJournal.
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